for students
From your first transcript or term paper to your final thesis: the Writing Center team is happy to provide advice and assistance throughout your studies
An overview of all offers for students as well as further information is listed below:
Are you looking for individual help? You would like to talk about your writing process? Or are you looking for constructive feedback?
Everything regarding your writing process can be a topic during writing consultation. No matter where in the writing process you are – from the first vague idea to the nearly finished text – you can always come to the Writing Center. You do not even need to have any written text and with whatever academic text you are writing, we will try to help you.
More information on what exactly a writing consultation is, what you can bring, when and where writing consultations take place and how you can register can be found on the website for Writing Consultation.
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Consultant for Writing Didactics
NameDipl.-Ing. Theresa Beerbaum
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Writing Center
Writing Center
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 108 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
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project staff
NameSharon Király
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Writing Center
Writing Center
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Raum 139 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology
Technische Universität Dresden
Zentrum für Weiterbildung
Projekt Schreibzentrum
01069 Dresden
In writing consulting, we advise students of all disciplines on all aspects of scientific writing (writing process, working techniques, writing inhibitions, text feedback, etc.). We do not read complete papers with correction of spelling, commas and stylistic finishing touches. For this, we offer you referrals to volunteers: For more information, see our proofreading assistance webpage.
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Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft
NameRobert Bosse
Schreibberatung, Workshops
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Consultant for Writing Didactics
NameUlrike Samuelsson
Projektkoordinatorin (Elternzeitvertretung)
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Center for Continuing Education
Center for Continuing Education
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, 5th floor, room 557 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
Are you looking for basic information on academic writing and the topics around it? Are you looking for new strategies for learning and writing, and would like to talk to other about it and receive feedback?
In the summer semester 2023 you can again participate in face-to-face and live online workshops of the Writing Center: Our tutors will support you in academic writing - specifically for your current writing project or in preparation for your next writing assignment: An overview of all current workshops and registration instructions can be found under "for students" > "workshops".
You don't want to miss the registration? Then sign up for our list of interested parties in OPAL.
The Career Service, the Central Student Information and Counselling Service of TU Dresden and the SLUB offer regularly an extensive workshop program on other key competence topics (mostly in German):
- Workshops of the Career Services of TU Dresden
- Workshops of the Central Student Information and Counselling Service of TU Dresden
- Offers of the SLUB in the SLUB Calendar of Events
- E-Learning-Kurs "Literatur erfassen, verwalten und zitieren - Basiswissen Literaturverwaltungsprogramme" der SLUB (in OPAL)
You don't have time to attend a workshop on a specific date or would rather learn on your own?
Then you can take a look at our Infothek on OPAL (translation into English in progress) - and if you do want to talk about certain methods, your individual writing process or your writing project, come to a writing consultation at any time with your questions - or just to exchange ideas: more information on writing consultation and registration.
We also offer you the one-week stress management course "STRESSenziell" on OPAL (workload approx. 10-20 min per day).
Further free e-learning offers of the TU Dresden and the SLUB, mostly in German:
- E-Learning-Kurs "Literatur erfassen, verwalten und zitieren - Basiswissen Literaturverwaltungsprogramme" der SLUB (in OPAL)
- E-Learning-Kurs " DiLiNews - Alles rund um Digitale Kompetenzen im Studium" des Career Services (in OPAL)
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Videoreihe "Einführung ins wissenschaftliche Arbeiten", Institut für Germanistik, Marlene Rummel (auf YouTube) - nicht nur für Germanistik-Studierende geeignet :)
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Videoreihe "Wissenschaftskommunikation 2.0", Angewandte Linguistik TU Dresden (auf YouTube)
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The workshops are mostly offered in a peer learning format, made by students for students.
If you are interested in workshops but you don't have time right noiw, then join the list and get all new information via e-mail.
The target group of the workshops are students of the TU Dresden, who are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. PhD students will find offers of the Graduate Academy Website and Centre for Continuing Education Website more suitable.
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Consultant for Writing Didactics
NameClaudia Hammermüller
currently on parental leave, replaced by Paulina Hösl
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Writing Center
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, 5th floor, room 557 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
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Consultant for Writing Didactics
NamePaulina Hösl
Coordination Workshop Program, Textbuddy Program
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Writing Center
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, Floor 5, Room 556 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
In the summer semester 2023, the Writing Center offers a series of lectures during the lecture period (Wednesdays, 13:00 - 14:30, 05.04.2023 - 19.07.2023), each of which can be used to acquire certificates of achievement (ungraded) with up to 2 CP. For more information, see the article "Fundamentals of scientific reading and writing in the studium generale in the summer semester 2023".
On our Material & Tips webpage you will find all the information you need about our self-study offerings, tips and checklists for academic writing and papers, links to helpful software, and a FAQ with frequently asked questions. Or you can look around directly in our Infothek in OPAL.
You are generally interested in information about scientific writing, reading and the work at the Writing Center? Then we recommend our newsletter: Every second month we send out input and discussions on academic writing, reading, and working, present helpful materials and tips, and give a behind-the-scenes look at our work at the Writing Center - and it's all accessible: to the newsletter subscription
Having a suitable room for writing is very important in order to more concentrated. If you are able to write in company, you can come to the quiet and airy Writing Room at the TextLab (website SLUB), where you can write amongst others, as well as bringing your Learning and Writing Group (website Writing Centre) or maybe meet new writing buddys.
It is often easier to write and work together! We will help you found a group, give tips on how to work together productively and if needed, we can moderate meetings.
As of the winter term 2017/18, the Writing Center helps learning groups in cooperation with the Centre for Continuing Education.
All information on the learning and writing groups, with or without the help of a tutor, can be found here: continue reading webseite learning and writing groups
According to the motto “Write through the night”, the Writing Center (SZD) and the Sächsische Staats- und Universitäsbibliothek (SLUB) invites students, PhD students and lecturers annually to the writing event of the year. It takes place on the first Thursday in March and further information on the Long Night Against Procrastination (LNDS) can be found here continue reading website Long Night Against Procrastination.
Sitting alone at your desk is boring? You can easily distract yourself and cleaning your apartment sounds much more appealing than typing on your keyboard? To help you concentrate on your writing project, you can write together with others during the writing marathon! All information on the writing marathon and it’s upcoming dates can be found at the main page for the Writing Marathon.
Please note: For now, no further writing marathon events are planned during the current Writing Center project period through the end of 2023. If you are very interested in the Writing Marathon and would like us to inform you if there is a similar event, please join our list of interested parties for future Writing Marathons on OPAL.
About Tutors for Academic:
The diversity of offers at the Writing Center is made possible with the support of student tutors. Our student tutors mainly carry out the workshops and counselling offers for students. This encourages joint learning with peers, which makes it easier to ask questions openly and discuss strengths and weaknesses, as well as talk about experiences. We train the student tutors for their assigned tasks. The structuring, implementation, evaluation and development of this training and the close supervision of the tutors are amongst the central tasks of the Writing Center.
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Consultant for Writing Didactics
NameNina Melching, M.A.
Project Lead
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Center for Continuing Education
Center for Continuing Education
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau, 5th floor, room 557 Mommsenstr. 6
01069 Dresden
Our offers are free of charge for students and teachers of the TU Dresden. Please note our privacy statement and disclaimer for all our offers.
How does the Writing Center support me in my studies? An explanatory film:
Accessibility Note: detailed video description to read and have read aloud at https://tud.link/25u4
The project "Schreibzentrum@TUD" is one of the study success projects of the TU Dresden. You can find more study success projects on the website Website for study success at the TU Dresden and in the OPAL course "Studienerfolgsprojekte".